The nepal national vitamin a program: Prototype to emulate or donor enclave?

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-156

  Fiedler, John L ^a  

^a Social Sectors Devmt Strategies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEPAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 0034115747     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/15.2.145     Document Type: Review

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